Réamhaisnéis limistear na farraige

Forecast valid from: 12:00, Tuesday 13 May 2025 until 12:00, Wednesday 14 May 2025

Small Craft Warning

Easterly winds will reach force 6 at times overnight and on Wednesday morning on coasts from Fair Head to Belfast Lough to Carlingford Lough.

Gale Warning

Nil

Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC

Ireland lies in a moderate to fresh easterly airflow between a depression of 1011 hPa centred over the Bay of Biscay and a broad anticyclone of 1028hPa centred south of Iceland.

Small Craft Warning: In effect

Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil

Wave Height Forecast

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Erris Head to Fair Head to Wicklow Head and for the Irish Sea north of Anglesey

Wind: East to northeast force 3 or 4, reaching force 5 in the east, northeast and north Irish Sea at times. Later becoming easterly force 4 or 5, touching force 6 at times in the east, northeast and north Irish Sea.

Weather: Mostly fair or fine.

Visibility: Good.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Wicklow Head to Mizen Head to Erris Head and for the Irish Sea south of Anglesey

Wind: East to northeast or variable force 3 to 5. Soon decreasing easterly or variable force 2 to 4. Becoming east to northeast or variable later.

Weather: Fair with scattered showers. Some heavy showers and thunderstorms imminent and soon.

Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in showers.

Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Thursday 15 May 2025

Light to moderate east to northeast or variable winds, occasionally fresh in the east. Weather: Fine or fair. Scattered showers in the southwest and west for a time, some heavy with a chance of thunderstorms.

Forecast issued at: 12:00, Tuesday 13 May 2025

All times are local unless specified